annuity, rente

income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"

• annuity in advance — an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods
• ordinary annuity — an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the end of equally spaced periods
• reversionary annuity, survivorship annuity — an annuity payable to one person in the event that someone else is unable to receive it
• tontine — an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant

• regular payment — a payment made at regular times